The clown within us

Oct 1, 2024

0h 18m

★ 10.0

An actor in soul, a clown at heart.

Overview

"O palhaço que há em nós”, a Black Castle production, director Eduardo Robalo invites the audience to enter the parallel reality hidden in a clown's smile. “He says he will be a clown until his last day, but father, you will be a clown, forever. An actor in soul, a clown at heart.”

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Black Castle

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Cast

Clown

Mário Faísca

Juggler

César Santos

Wife

Luísa Costa Pinheiro

Husband

Sérgio Costa Pinheiro

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the mother suddenly appears five years later and wants her son, Teddy decides to run away with the child and goes back onstage with his son. Will the family catch up with them, or will the mother never get her son back?

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